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compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Since politicians are such easy targets for our derision, it almost makes you feel bad pointing out their numerous shortcomings…almost. After all, if you can’t laugh at yourself, make fun of other people. From Jay Leno… “Energy Secretary Stephen Chu testified before Congress yesterday that he thought it was [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Proving that not everything gets better with age—especially the U.S. Post Office—consider this article from 1985… James Bovard, “The Last Dinosaur: The U.S. Postal Service” http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa047.html Then compare it to this article from 2010… Doug Bandow, “Postal Bankruptcy” http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/postal-bankruptcy And then try to figure out what has changed since 1985. Consider [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn The U.S. Labor Department’s official unemployment index, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is based on a monthly survey of sample households that only counts individuals who reported looking for work in the past four weeks. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm What the Labor Department’s BLS index DOES NOT INCLUDE: Part-time [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Once upon a time, the government owned a vast scrap yard in the middle of the desert. But Congress grew concerned that someone might steal from it at night so they formed a Scrap Yard Oversight Committee to determine what should be done. After several drafts and numerous revisions [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn “The legislature, like the executive, has ceased, save indirectly, to be even the creature of the people: it is the creature, in the main, of pressure groups, and most of them, it must be manifest, are of dubious wisdom and even more dubious honesty. Laws are no longer made [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn In reviewing the “Top 100 All-Time Donors, 1989-2010″, it is interesting to note that several of the top donors are unions. [1] Just follow the money… [2] [3]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn The U.S. Congress bears sole responsibility for artificially increasing oil prices since it is OUR oil that remains largely untapped beneath OUR deserts, OUR forests, OUR swamps and OUR oceans. These politicians that we have freely elected…and re-elected…and then re-elected [sigh] are preventing OUR oil from being drilled by [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Regardless of your personal religious–or non-religious–views, it is a historical fact that the United States of America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. The true controversy is simply that apologists argue Judeo-Christian principles are the source of our national strength, while critics argue that these same principles–if they are even [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Judge for yourself how successfully the planks of the Communist Party platform have been grafted into the tree of American liberty. On 10 January 1963, the following was entered into the Congressional record [1] by U.S. Representative Albert Sydney Herlong, Jr. (1909-1995) [D-FL] who served in Congress from 1949 to [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn The federal government is growing at a faster pace than any other sector of today’s economy.[1] [2] [3] [4] WHAT THE TAXPAYER PAYS FOR… Salaries… The federal government is the single largest employer in the United States and currently employs approximately 2.0% of the nation’s work force (4.2 MILLION [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Successful coaches reward their most productive players with additional playing time and do not punish their productivity by benching them. Likewise, successful governments reward their most productive citizens with tax cuts and do not punish their productivity by oppressive taxation. After all, the more the government takes, the less [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Once upon a time, 50,000 people went to a baseball game, but sadly the game was rained out. A refund was then due. The home team was about to mail the refund checks when Congress intervened and suggested that they send out refund amounts based on the federal government’s [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER (classic version) Once upon a time, there was an ant and a grasshopper that lived in a beautiful meadow. The ant worked hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thought the [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn With a seemingly insatiable appetite for taxpayer dollars, it would appear that Congress has forsaken their solemn obligation to the People to uphold the U.S. Constitution, and in particular, the sections that restrain their spending.
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn QUESTION: Considering Congress’ low approval ratings, lengthy criminal history, and profligate spending, are they actually worth their collective salaries?
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Comedian Dennis Miller once remarked that, “Politicians are people whose deepest, darkest secrets should prohibit them from seeking higher office.” In fact, as the inestimable Mark Twain wryly noted, “It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.”[1]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn If your approval rating was this low at your job…would you still have one? Congress does.
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Charley Reese, “Looking for someone to blame? Congress is a good place to start,” Orlando Sentinel Star (7 March 1985)[1] Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn “I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.”[1] The price of history…[2] [3] [4] The Revolutionary War (1775-1783) cost $101,000,000 or $1,258,000,000 (2009 USD). The Louisiana Purchase (1803) cost $23,000,000 or $324,600,000 (2009 [...]
